Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application

Mediation as a method of marriage confl ict resolution has recently emerged as one of the most workable institutionalized techniques in Western jurisdictions. In Islamic law, although ipso facto, it was given legislative recognition centuries ago under the principle of taḥkim; its potential as a...

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Main Author: Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling iium-226862012-03-20T03:58:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22686/ Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah HQ503 The family. Marriage. Home Mediation as a method of marriage confl ict resolution has recently emerged as one of the most workable institutionalized techniques in Western jurisdictions. In Islamic law, although ipso facto, it was given legislative recognition centuries ago under the principle of taḥkim; its potential as a viable reconciliation technique was somewhat obscured by juridical technicalities. Indisputably, mediation was the underlying ratio legis for the institution of ḥakam (arbitration). In practice, however, mediation was not the sole prerogative of the arbitration. It was instituted and carried out through numerous culturally specifi c methods, both formal and informal. In the Malaysian scene, mediation in family dispute is part of the ongoing daily job of Shari�ah lawyers, judges and offi cers in religious departments. However, critiques believe that neither the agents under traditional ḥakam nor Shari`ah practitioners of Shari`ah bodies have the necessary training and soft skills to act as eff ective go-betweens in resolving marital confl icts in the contemporary setting. Th e alternative, therefore, is to create a body such as a “Conciliatory Committee” using the pattern for a Western mediation model. Th us this paper, while agreeing with this idea, proposes an integrated method of doing this within the hybrid framework of both arbitration and modern mediation techniques consistent with Islamic legal methodology. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22686/1/Mediation_in_Marital_Discord_in_Islamic_Law.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2010) Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur.
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Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
description Mediation as a method of marriage confl ict resolution has recently emerged as one of the most workable institutionalized techniques in Western jurisdictions. In Islamic law, although ipso facto, it was given legislative recognition centuries ago under the principle of taḥkim; its potential as a viable reconciliation technique was somewhat obscured by juridical technicalities. Indisputably, mediation was the underlying ratio legis for the institution of ḥakam (arbitration). In practice, however, mediation was not the sole prerogative of the arbitration. It was instituted and carried out through numerous culturally specifi c methods, both formal and informal. In the Malaysian scene, mediation in family dispute is part of the ongoing daily job of Shari�ah lawyers, judges and offi cers in religious departments. However, critiques believe that neither the agents under traditional ḥakam nor Shari`ah practitioners of Shari`ah bodies have the necessary training and soft skills to act as eff ective go-betweens in resolving marital confl icts in the contemporary setting. Th e alternative, therefore, is to create a body such as a “Conciliatory Committee” using the pattern for a Western mediation model. Th us this paper, while agreeing with this idea, proposes an integrated method of doing this within the hybrid framework of both arbitration and modern mediation techniques consistent with Islamic legal methodology.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
author_facet Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
author_sort Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
title Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
title_short Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
title_full Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
title_fullStr Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
title_full_unstemmed Mediation in marital discord in Islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
title_sort mediation in marital discord in islamic law: legislative foundation and contemporary application
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22686/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/22686/1/Mediation_in_Marital_Discord_in_Islamic_Law.pdf
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